The Lancet: Dangerous disregard for the right to water Editorial Board “On this year’s Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, current events in the USA suggest that a key human right is being dangerously disregarded. Access to water is an indispensable part of life, health, and dignity. In 2010, the U.N.…

Project Syndicate: Three Ways to Improve Child Health Anita Zaidi, director of the Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “…Tackling [pneumonia and diarrhea,] the two biggest killers of children worldwide, may seem daunting, but we have all the knowledge we need to mount an…

Devex: Why the Gates Foundation wants you to talk about poop “…The big question [Bill Gates] poses in his recent blog post ‘A perfume that smells like poop?’ is whether this technology will make a difference for the one in three people who lack access to improved sanitation. Firmenich, a…

Devex: On World Toilet Day, what progress has been made on sanitation facilities? “Sanitation is not sexy. But World Toilet Day is an annual reminder of just how vital it is for health, human rights, and even economic development. … Some 167 of 183 countries do not have universal coverage…

Scientific American: 13 Urgent Science and Health Issues the Candidates Have Not Been Talking About “…Scientific American corralled some of the key scientific issues that U.S. politicians should be paying attention to, but aren’t — from the threat of nuclear Armageddon to the ethics of medically assisted suicide. We spoke…

Global Health NOW: Shrinking the Cholera Map David A. Sack, professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health “…[Oral cholera vaccine (OCV)] is an essential component of cholera prevention and control … But OCV’s limited availability has curtailed its usefulness. … So it was great…

Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: 5 Focal Points for U.S. Global Water Strategy (And Submit Your Own Too) In response to the U.S. Department of State’s public call for comment on its global water strategy, Ken Conca, fellow at the Wilson Center and professor…

Huffington Post: Haiti Is Facing A Humanitarian Crisis We Can Solve — So Why Aren’t We? Michael J. Nyenhuis, president and CEO of AmeriCares; Tiffany R. Kuehner, chair of Hope for Haiti; Nancy Aossey, president and CEO of International Medical Corps; and Carolyn S. Miles, president and CEO of Save…